TLALPUJAHUA, Mixico, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Sweat runs down Adan Marin’s wrinkled face as he blows into a blob of molten glass, creating a perfect, delicate sphere within the blue and orange flames of his torch. Marin is one of the godfathers of the glassblowing trade in the Mexican village of Tlalpujahua, which makes tens of millions […]
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Christmas all year in Mexico ornament village
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Turkey vows to battle on after 14 troops killed in Syria
ISTANBUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Turkey on Thursday vowed to press on with the fight against “terror”, a day after 14 Turkish soldiers were killed by militant in an intensifying battle for a flashpoint Syrian town, Ankara’s biggest loss of its Syria campaign so far. The soldiers were killed in a succession of attacks by Islamic State […]
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Russia ‘destroyed 35,000 fighters’ in Syria: defence minister
MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – The Russian air force has killed 35,000 fighters in Syria during its air campaign since September 2015, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday. Russian warplanes made 71,000 strikes and “liquidated 725 training camps, 405 weapon factories and workshops, 1,500 pieces of terrorist equipment, and 35,000 fighters, including 204 field commanders,” he said.
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UN inquiry unable to ID perpetrators of Syria aid convoy bombing
UNITED NATIONS, United States, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – A UN aid convoy that was bombed while en route to the besieged city of Aleppo in September came under an air attack, a UN inquiry has concluded, but it was unable to identify the perpetrators. The UN board of inquiry found that “while the incident was caused by […]
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China launches carbon dioxide monitoring satellite
BEIJING, MILLAT+(APP/AFP) – China on Thursday launched a satellite to monitor carbon dioxide levels, state media said, making the Asian giant the third country to track the potent contributor to global warming from space. The TanSat probe will allow China to keep a close eye on greenhouse gas emissions and give it a “louder voice” […]
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German police hunt Tunisian man over Berlin attack: reports
BERLIN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – German police are searching for a Tunisian man in connection with the deadly truck attack on a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, media reported Wednesday. The man is aged 21 or 23 and known by three different names, according to reports in the daily Allgemeine Zeitung and the Bild newspaper. Both […]